狸貓換太子

Chinese

		leopard cat; raccoon dog	change; exchange	crown prince; Taizi
trad. (狸貓換太子/貍貓換太子)		狸貓/貍貓	換	太子
simp. (狸猫换太子)		狸猫	换	太子

Etymology

From a folk story in The Three Heroes and Five Gallants.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): límāo huàn tàizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: límāo huàn tàizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: límao huàn tàizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: li²-mao¹ huan⁴ tʻai⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: lí-māu hwàn tài-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: limhau huann taytzyy
    • Palladius: лимао хуань тайцзы (limao xuanʹ tajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ zi²
    • Yale: lèih māau wuhn taai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ maau¹ wun⁶ taai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ mao¹ wun⁶ tai³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵ wuːn²² tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-bâ ōaⁿ thài-chú
    • Tâi-lô: lî-bâ uānn thài-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'baa voa taezuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ ba²³ uã³³⁻²¹ tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ ba²⁴ uã³³⁻¹¹ tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

Idiom

狸貓換太子

1. to substitute someone's valuable item with another item